Americas

AMLO’s party is riding high—but hasn’t yet picked a nominee for next year’s election.

The former secretary of state is a genius—just not at what you might think.

It’s not just Putin who has re-embraced nuclear threats. The U.S. and China are also cracking open the door.

With cities wreathed in smoke, conspiracy theories grow.

“We shouldn’t expect coherence on China policy when the United States is inherently incoherent on it.”

Mismatched perceptions are leading China to rebuff the Biden administration’s outreach.

Biden’s former top tech policymaker explains how guardrails around technology should work.

These middle powers of the global south should be the focus of U.S. policy.

The AI chip company’s value has tripled in less than a year.

China, Russia, and their autocratic friends are leading another epic clash over the world’s largest landmass.

A former U.S. ambassador, an Iran expert, a Libya expert, and a former U.K. Conservative Party advisor weigh in.

Historical records show that dropping atomic bombs was the least bad option.

Washington should start letting other countries take the lead.

In Brasília, leaders weighed how to make continental cooperation more durable after a past attempt sputtered.

Programs aimed at countering China aren’t getting extra cash.

A coercive visa policy aims to bolster democracy ahead of the country’s elections next January.

So-called fence-sitters are rejecting zero-sum geopolitical binaries in favor of multi-alignment.

The expiration of Title 42 has spiked a rise in theft and murder along the Darién Gap.

By failing to invest in its own people, the United States shows the world the shakiness of the foundations of its power.

The U.S. is betting billions on its semiconductor push, but it needs more people for the factory floors.

By pitching himself as a hero to the U.S. right, he’s taking a page from the 1960s North Vietnamese playbook to undermine support for Ukraine.

Chile’s rightward lurch is an opportunity to expand the supply of lithium, a critical battery resource.

Once a laboratory for U.S.- and U.N.-backed anti-corruption efforts, the country is now backsliding.

The 2024 hopefuls are taking on all comers: China, the “woke mob,” and the alleged “deep state.”

Southeast Asian skepticism toward the foursome is softening.

There is no comprehensive international governance for solar radiation modification. There needs to be.

Despite a strong foothold during the Cold War, Washington has since fumbled on the continent.

A new book shows its history as anything but sweet.

U.S. allies are feeling neglected thanks to chaos in Washington.

For the second time in six months, an Andean president has dissolved Congress.

Like it or not, Lula’s stance reflects legitimate misgivings about the global order.

Sometimes you not only need to vote—you also need to vote with your feet.

But what comes next is very much up in the air.

A growing movement is pushing back against long-held orthodoxy, arguing that it’s time to abandon these outposts and bring the troops home.

Some graduation advice for aspiring members of the foreign-policy establishment in the class of 2023.

Khartoum now faces civil war. What does the U.S. have to do with it?

The greenback’s dominance is here to stay. Here’s why.

Regardless of election results, Bangkok will keep leaning toward China.

The renewable energy source shows promise, but there are major technological and commercial obstacles to using it more.

It’s time for the United States to prioritize members of the alliance that understand the Russian threat and are taking it seriously.

Progressives championed a rewrite. Now right-wing parties are in control.

We may be reaching the point where something most unnatural to humans is the only thing that can avert disaster.

A debt default would tank U.S. credit and credibility around the world.

COVID-19 isn’t a pandemic anymore. It’s just a never-ending nightmare.

Understanding how politics and law work requires facing the realities of power.

The intelligence may be artificial, but the regulation is real—or might be.

An anti-establishment candidate surged in the polls, but it’s still the Colorado Party’s game.

Major speeches from Janet Yellen and Jake Sullivan double down on Biden’s strategy of linking U.S. national security with economic policy.

The presidential election is around the corner—and that means “Scranton Joe” is about to take the international stage.

And it’s coming just as Biden is set for a reassurance trip to Japan and Australia.

The nonaligned country has strong diplomatic traditions—and its president is a pro at building global coalitions.

The scramble to win the GPT race could divert essential resources from the development of more socially meaningful uses of AI.

The finance sector is adjusting to a world where a single tweet can trigger a catastrophic bank run.

Two books peel back the curtain on the central bank—but miss why it misread the economy in the wake of the pandemic.

How the reordering of U.S. state concerns could threaten the world economy as we know it.

The administration is doing a sneaky end run around the Inflation Reduction Act.

At Colombia’s urging, the United States gets explicit about sanctions relief to woo Maduro back to the negotiating table.

The United States hopes to redefine its economic relationship with China to prevail in the biggest strategic showdown of the century.

Smile, you’re on camera. If you ever get there.

Washington is the region’s top military partner but lags on civilian security.

The latest classified document leak highlights the overuse of military reserves.

The extradition of a former president is a big risk for an already teetering political system.

The U.S. special envoy for climate responds to critics of the Inflation Reduction Act.

The world’s economic dynamism is shifting to the global south.

De-dollarization’s moment might finally be here.

By refusing negotiation over China’s rise, the United States might be making conflict inevitable.

A court may soon rule against El Salvador’s anti-abortion law. But will that make a difference?

A new book on Natives journeying across the Atlantic reaches the outer limits of what European-style academic research can accomplish.

Brazil’s mineral wealth could power the energy transition, but mining is a very dirty business.

Lula believes Beijing can help—not hinder—Brasília’s industrial ambitions.

Comparisons between Jack Teixeira and self-declared whistleblowers are misplaced.

Their support could be key to Venezuela’s president regaining international recognition.

Tensions are high between Colombia and the United States—but climate policy offers a way out.

Cooperating on climate change could be the strategic guardrail the United States and China need to stabilize relations.

Russian and Chinese videos about their so-called manly forces are silly propaganda.

The anti-war left shouldn’t fall for this dishonest pitch.

The Pentagon’s top policymaker on Kyiv’s forthcoming spring offensive, the impact of recent leaks, and the long-term challenge of China.

Will there be a new cold war over lithium?

The official biography of Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state reveals startling lessons for U.S. engagement today.

The latest leak has profound implications for counterintelligence.

The former U.S. treasury secretary on competition with China and why he puts the chances of a recession at 70 percent.

The United States and allies aim to sidestep reliance on China for the materials needed for clean tech and advanced defense gear.

A branding deal with Michael Jordan in the 1980s has made billions of dollars for the company.

Republicans are hammering the Biden administration over the spike in fentanyl trafficking.

The fund has shown rare tolerance for the country’s unorthodox economic management.

Poverty alleviation in the economically weakest parts of the world will require giving the poor a real seat at the table—which the World Bank has never done.

The development bank doesn’t have enough money to achieve its goals—unless it gets more creative with its balance sheet.

Washington needs lithium—but its history of intervention in the region complicates things.

The Global Fragility Act’s potential isn’t being used to the full.

Strengthening the international justice system isn’t just the moral choice—it’s also the strategic one.

The new arms race in technology has no rules and few guardrails.

Hopes to slash emissions using nuclear energy are being dashed by U.S. regulators.

Lula’s envoy sits down with Putin in Moscow.

And the tone is getting nastier after Nancy Pelosi’s visit.

If Washington wants peace in Asia, it must prepare for financial war.

The breakdown in university exchanges threatens understanding and collaborative research.

The balance of loathing from the left and right suggests the administration is on the right path.

Strengthening the state’s economic role led to right-wing parties’ electoral success in Europe. The GOP is taking notes.

The administration’s diplomacy has underperformed—except at time-wasting talk about democracy.

Taipei’s last diplomatic stand may well be in the Americas.

Economist Adam Posen debates responses to his cover story critiquing America’s zero-sum economics.

Madrid says the two regions stand to gain from uniting amid U.S.-China tensions.

The Pentagon’s warfighting commands have sent billions in wish lists to Congress. Some lawmakers want to give them a lump of coal.

As Beijing slips on climate, Washington should step in.

Here’s how the war could play out in the 2024 presidential campaign.

The organization’s next president will have to tackle a growing range of issues with a shrinking capital base.

No one wants long, grueling wars—but the consequences of impatience can be worse.

The congressional grilling of the Biden administration over the Afghanistan fiasco is just getting started.

Norms are real, but there’s enormous room for interpretation.

China is exploiting a U.S. leadership void.

Dina Boluarte’s term started late last year with plenty of promise—and immediately began to unravel.

As Argentina’s president prepares to meet with the U.S. president, the bloc’s consensus on Russia’s war in Ukraine will be put to the test.

Anti-incumbent and pro-China sentiments are shaking up the country’s usually predictable political landscape.

Industrial policy and subsidies are nothing new and can be useful. But shutting off from the world will have consequences.

The sunglasses are a symbol of loyalty, persistence—and the U.S. president.

America’s remaining maskers are a living emblem of a lost war.

Biden spurned NATO allies that are dismantling their democracies.

Gutting Mexico’s election watchdog is part and parcel of democratic backsliding all over the Americas.

From ChatGPT to quantum computing, emerging technologies will offer new tools for peacemaking.

Fed inflation targets might need revising in order to avoid a recession.

Why alienate the very people whose expertise and connections might help Congress understand the Chinese government?

Bad management and bad luck prompted the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. What about other banks?

Leaders and human rights advocates speak out against new U.S. barriers to asylum.

Republican lawmakers say it’s dead on arrival.

Despite the historical evidence, this bogus credibility claim still drives U.S. foreign policy.

What happens when academic exchanges between the world’s biggest superpowers collapse?

Leftist President Gabriel Boric has been reluctant to tackle arson in Mapuche communities to avoid alienating his base.

As bans of the video app pile up around the world, the question is how far the U.S.—and its allies—will go.

The peace plan is a big deal—and it’s no accident that China brokered it.

No matter the goal, Washington needs to quickly fill gaps in defense production.

Washington urgently needs a 21st-century communication strategy.

Some Republicans are calling it “woke capitalism.”

Brazil trails many of its neighbors in trying to tackle gender parity. Advocates are pushing Lula to change that.

Experts worry the alliance is a “goat rodeo” in the making.

Managua’s crackdown on free expression is entering a new phase.

The first lunar era was defined by geopolitics. The winners of the next will be those who can triumph in economic competition and rule-making.

The deteriorating status of women under Taliban rule is a strategic disaster for Washington.

A historic mission to facilitate global commerce is out of step with the times.

The Biden administration is striving for a unipolar order that no longer exists.

Republican attacks on domestic media are undermining legal protections around the world. 

Like Biden, Brazil’s old-new president inherited a mess on the international stage.

As long-marginalized countries seek to exert their power on the world stage, policymakers in Washington need a new framework.

From Elvis to BTS, militaries have long used celebrity soldiers for clout.

The abrupt end of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia and the ongoing proceedings in Colombia show how the process doesn’t always serve the victims.

The world’s existing mechanisms to help developing countries through debt crises are coming up short.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai counters critics who say the United States is fostering unfair competition.

The United States is taking a more proactive approach to defending its cyberspace—and everyone else’s.

Congress wants to know what happened to the guns and money the United States left behind.

U.S. investment in left-behind places doesn’t have to be a threat to Europe’s own economic prospects.

Governments are almost endlessly prone to throwing good money after bad.

The Biden administration talks a good game, but it must do far more to promote a truly multiracial diplomatic corps.

What government officials are saying in public, and private, is fascinating—and full of contradictions.

Beijing’s not after gold—but lithium.

The conflict confirmed some of South America’s worst assumptions about its northern neighbor.

What a New York court case revealed about the war on drugs.

The ban would hurt Americans—and there are better ways to protect their data.

Accepting U.S. failures doesn't mean giving dictators a free hand.

Iraq’s upcoming anniversary is a reminder of the dangers of hawkish groupthink.

His foreign-policy achievements were vast—and inseparable from his Christian faith.

One is a fantasy with roots in World War II. The other boasts Spider-Man.

The 18th-century Scottish economist has come to play a uniquely controversial role in U.S. political and economic life.

And what we know about China’s infamous eye in the sky.

From criminal gangs to elite corruption, cascading ills are almost entirely homegrown.

In an unprecedented step, Nicaragua moved to strip hundreds of dissidents and former political prisoners of their citizenship.

Will the conservative opposition recover political power in one of Latin America’s leftist strongholds?

Jens Stoltenberg is set to step down this year, and the jockeying to replace him has already begun.

Inside the debate over the effectiveness of U.S. sanctions on Russia.

But can he keep it up?

The dry heat has worsened deadly forest fires in Chile and caused expensive droughts in Argentina’s and Uruguay’s agriculture sectors.

As the U.S. president hosts Lula, they must commit to defending democracy together.

Rhetoric aside, most congressional Republicans and Democrats agree on the key national security challenges the United States faces.

The U.S. president’s State of the Union speech emphasized populism and protectionism, not global affairs. It must be election season already.

Biden and Blinken must not let the spy balloon controversy stand in the way of talks on nuclear crisis management and arms control.

In 1947, the United States sacrificed for the sake of a starving Europe.

On a visit to South America, the chancellor pitched partnership rather than exploitation.

Washington is increasingly concerned about China poaching U.S. technology.

A surprising set of grades for the 46th U.S. president’s foreign policy.

The new president has a unique opportunity to address the biggest threat to his country’s democracy.

Extending humanitarian parole helps encourage legal migration.

Members of the customs union Mercosur pledge to ease internal trade and explore new deals abroad.

A former Mexican security official’s corruption charges reveal the hidden politics of the drug trade.

The next geopolitical contest may be over green technology, and China, for now, is poised to win control of those supply chains.

It can be boiled down to a single historical factor: corruption.

Sending American tanks now helps guarantee a safer world tomorrow.

A new biography of George Kennan, the father of containment, raises questions about whether the old Cold War—and the emerging one with China—could have been avoided.

Why the latest controversy over depictions of Mohammed was completely unnecessary.

The bankruptcy of Genesis shows the need for regulators to have teeth.

Recent progress might lead to a nuclear energy source that produces no high-level radioactive waste and presents fewer proliferation concerns.

Though they may seem out of place in the ultra-rich Swiss haven, Lula’s and Petro’s ambitious policy proposals depend on foreign investment.

We asked 20 experts to grade the administration’s foreign policy after two years in office.

Crucial posts remain unfilled due to good old-fashioned Washington dysfunction.

As high-end stores open in Caracas, the poor are getting poorer.

FP convenes a discussion with four top global executives at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

The ouster of Venezuela’s would-be interim president has left U.S. policy in limbo, rapprochement in the air, and a legal mess for all.